Chris asks: > Is there another such utility out there that will > cause a DAT to eject? (i.e. a one-timer we could run to pop the tape out > as opposed to setting the option to have it eject automatically every time.) Jeff writes: ... Try DEVCTRL.PUB.SYS. ... Unfortunately, DEVCTRL simply sets the "eject at last fclose" to ENABLE or DISABLE ... which isn't what Chris wanted. The closest I have come is my EJECT program (from http://www.allegro.com/software/ which lets you specify one of 3 values: DISABLE (similar to DEVCTRL) ENABLE (similar to DEVCTRL) ONCE (new) The "ONCE" setting *appears* to function as follows: when the DDS is fclosed for the last time (i.e., the use count goes to 0), it is ejected, and the eject-on-close status reverts to DISABLEd. Thus, if Chris only wants the a single eject to occur, he could do: :eject.pub.allegro "7 once" and then use the DDS drive. When he's done, it should eject but subsequent tapes shouldn't eject! NOTE: although I did brief testing, I'd encourage initial tests to be done at reasonably idle times! -- Stan Sieler [log in to unmask] http://www.allegro.com/sieler.html